24. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25. Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge.
26. He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
27. Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it and stray from the words of knowledge.
28. A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
29. Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools. [Isa. 32:6.]